Wrestling

Pearson and Fontenot place 3rd to lead Huntingdon in Star City Open

Nov 18, 2018

SALEM, Va. – The Huntingdon wrestling team won 16 matches and had two wrestlers place in the top-three on Sunday in the Star City Open.

As a team, the Hawks were ninth with 56.5 points. Otterbein University won the 13-team tournament with 137 points. Averett University was second with 127.5 points and Elizabethtown College was third with 126.5 points.

Brooks won his first match by major decision (13-3) before losing 4-3 in the 125 quarterfinals. Brooks won his first consolation match 7-6 before losing in the consolation semifinals.

Prevatt lost his first match before advancing to the 165 consolation semifinals with a bye, a technical fall (16-0) and a pin (4:11). Prevatt lost 5-3 in the consolation semifinals.

Miller lost his first match but advanced to the 174 consolation semifinals with a bye, a pin (1:29) and a major decision (19-8). Miller lost 10-7 in the consolation semifinals.

Toren Pollard (149), Cody Dixon (184), Austin Phillips (184) and Joseph Pearson (285) each went 1-2 in the tournament. Pollard's win was by technical fall (16-0), Dixon's win was by major decision (15-4), Phillips's win was by pin (2:22) and Pearson's win was by a 10-5 decision.

Coming Up: Huntingdon returns to action on Dec. 1 with its first home event of the season. The Hawks will host Brewton-Parker and Truett-McConnell.